Chapter 19 Silence is the biggest lie
Chapter 19 Silence is the biggest lie
At 07:00 in the morning, a bright yellow sun climbed up into the sky, bathing the small village through which the river flowed in warm sunshine.
April in the lunar calendar is the flowering season of midsummer. The backyard of the He mansion is full of colorful flowers. Soft and sticky carnations bloom on both sides of the cobblestone path. The lotus flowers in the water tank wake up, and the pink and white petals bloom into bright smiles, and the bright yellow stamens emit a faint sweet fragrance.
Several graceful pomegranate trees were stretching lazily at the intersection, with fiery red buds hidden in the green crowns. It looked like the trees were full of red pomegranates. The fallen flower buds fell into the small pond, causing splashing sounds.
The surface of the pond was broken and calm, reflecting a girl with disheveled long hair walking hurriedly by the shore. She looked anxious and seemed to be in a hurry.
Ye Miaozhu ran quickly under the pomegranate tree and confirmed the contents on the phone screen again. They were several text messages sent by a contact with the note "Yunqing":
【I climbed out of the river.】
【The river water is really cold. 】
【Where are you? 】
[I want to meet you, come find me, I'm at...]
The reason why Ye Miaozhu came here was because of these text messages, just like a fish caught by bait.
Even though Gu Yunqing died right in front of her, even though as a medical student she was completely sure that Gu Yunqing's heart had stopped and his body was hypothermic, when she saw that familiar name appear on the screen, Ye Miaozhu still chose irrationally to believe in that tiny possibility that was better than nothing.
Even though she knew that there was a ghost wandering around the village that could steal identities and disguise itself as humans, she was willing to gamble her life on that hope that didn't exist at all.
Women who are in love are never reasonable. This kind of creature is naturally incompatible with the term "seek truth from facts".
Ye Miaozhu walked quickly across the round gravel road surrounded by carnations. The fluttering corners of her clothes brushed against the lotus flowers in the water tank. She walked hurriedly around the backyard and came to the west side of the main building of the He Mansion. Then she lowered her head again to confirm the message received on her mobile phone.
Following the instructions in the information, Ye Miaozhu quickly found the unlocked warehouse. After taking a few deep breaths, she pushed the door open fearfully.
There was no light on in the closed room, and even the windows were sealed. It was pitch dark even during the day. The early morning sunlight poured into the room through the open door, slightly illuminating Ye Miaozhu's feet.
She pushed the door open completely and asked tentatively: "Yun Qing? Are you in there?"
no respond.
Ye Miaozhu took a few steps closer with some confusion and looked around in the sunlight.
This is a closed and dry storeroom. The bamboo floor is raised off the ground to isolate it from moisture. There are several shelves against the wall, on which are placed some of the girl's things:
A red loincloth with golden threads and wings intertwined
A white jade bracelet in a brocade box, with a touch of blood-red
A pure gold hairpin in a sandalwood box, with a pair of lotus flowers carved on the end
A silver crown with intricate carvings depicting a hundred birds paying homage to a phoenix.
A purple sandalwood dressing table is placed opposite the door of the warehouse.
A bronze mirror the size of a wash basin is mounted on the dressing table, also facing the door.
Several camphorwood boxes filled with clothes exuding the scent of camphor
That's most of what's in this warehouse.
Ye Miaozhu crossed her arms over her chest with a guilty conscience, and called out tentatively, "Yunqing? Are you here? Is it you?"
At this time, a deep male voice came from the darkness.
"A few text messages tricked you out?" A man in a suit and leather shoes came out from behind the dressing table. The sun shone on his face. It was Zhang Yangxu: "I didn't expect you to be so stupid."
"It's you?" Ye Miaozhu gnashed her teeth in hatred. She lowered her eyes and saw that Zhang Yangxu was holding two mobile phones in his hands, one of which was his and the other was Gu Yunqing's. "You used Yunqing's phone to cheat me?!"
"Rather than being deceived, it's better to say that you were wishful thinking and arbitrarily believed that Gu Yunqing must still be alive." Zhang Yangxu shook his head and said, "Or, you wanted to believe it? As long as it was Gu Yunqing who was speaking, you believed whatever he said?"
Ye Miaozhu was furious: "I am willing to be deceived by him, it's none of your business!"
Ah, right, right... After a while, Ye Miaozhu's anger subsided a little, and then she continued: "Tell me, what did you want to do by tricking me here with Yunqing's phone?"
Zhang Yangxu chuckled and pointed to the shelves in the warehouse that displayed the girl's belongings. "I want to tell you that I have found a way to leave Hejia Village and return to the real world."
"You?" Ye Miaozhu showed a questioning expression: "If Ning Zhe and Yun Qing said this, I would believe it to some extent, but forget it about you."
"Believe it or not, I'm just telling you what I know." Zhang Yangxu said as he walked to the shelf.
He gently lifted up a piece of red cloth embroidered with flying wings with one hand and said, "This is the material for making a waist seal. According to the feudal custom in Qinzhou, girls have to wear very complicated formal clothes when they get married, which makes them look bloated. So they need a piece of cloth wrapped around their waists to make their waists thinner and highlight their figures. This is called a waist seal. People don't care about this anymore in modern times."
But Hejiacun said.
"What exactly do you want to say?" Ye Miaozhu's expression became more and more impatient.
Zhang Yangxu put down the cloth in his hand and continued with a smile: "Take a look at the other things, bracelets, hairpins, silver crowns...all kinds of jewelry, these things are dowry."
"dowry?"
"Dowry." Zhang Yangxu nodded. "The owner of this house is going to marry his daughter. I heard from the servants in the house that Miss He is going to marry in another village. The groom's team will come to pick her up tomorrow. These things in the house are Miss He's dowry."
"So what? What's the point of this?" Ye Miaozhu frowned.
"Miss He is getting married. Haven't I made it clear enough?" Zhang Yangxu sighed helplessly. "Master He will also send some servants and maids to accompany his daughter. This group will set off tomorrow. As long as you can find a way to blend in with them, you can leave He Village with the wedding procession."
"Really? Can I leave here by sneaking into the wedding procession?" Ye Miaozhu's eyes were filled with even more doubt.
"Really." Zhang Yangxu nodded and said, "We can leave Hejia Village by following the wedding procession."
"Oh, I see..." Ye Miaozhu's eyes dimmed, and she did not ask where Zhang Yangxu got this information.
——If what Zhang Yangxu said was true, why didn’t he hide himself and wait until tomorrow to leave with the wedding procession? Why did he specifically notify me?
This is what puzzles Ye Miaozhu the most.
The more she thought about it, the weirder the current situation became. If the text message from Gu Yunqing's phone had made her lose her mind and become credulous and blind, then now that the lie had been revealed, Ye Miaozhu, who had calmed down, could finally think about the current situation from a more rational perspective.
Looking at Zhang Yangxu's gentle smile, an indescribable strange feeling came over me.
Ye Miaozhu couldn't help but ask again: "Are you sure? Can we leave Hejia Village and return to the real world by following the wedding procession?"
Zhang Yangxu nodded and said, "That's right, we can leave Hejia Village by following the wedding procession."
"You..." Ye Miaozhu suddenly thought of something, and a piercing chill crept up her spine from her tailbone: "Let me ask again, can I return to the real world by following the wedding procession?"
This time, Zhang Yangxu did not answer her question.
He was still standing there, with a gentle and approachable smile on his face, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he said nothing.
Ye Miaozhu's fear came true.
At this moment, she suddenly recalled a sentence Ning Zhe once said:
【Rules can be silent, but they won’t lie. 】
"Answer me, Zhang Yangxu, why are you silent?" Ye Miaozhu gritted her teeth and spoke word by word: "Or are you not Zhang Yangxu at all? You are a ghost!"
(End of this chapter)